Main Ore
bulk carrier
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Main Ore
- IMO number
- 7391458
- MMSI
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- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- bulk carrier
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 335 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1975
- Builder
- Uljanik
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Main Ore
Mary R. Koch was a 274.330-metric-ton (269.997-long-ton; 302.397-short-ton) combined ore carrier and oil tanker. The ship was named after Mary Robinson Koch, wife of American industrialist Fred C. Koch. Mary R. Koch was built at the Uljanik, Brodogradiliste l Tvornica Dizel Motora shipyard in Pula in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, (now Croatia). Her two sister ships, Tafala and Torne were delivered to the Swedish company Trafikaktiebolaget Grengesberg in 1974. A further sister ship named Kanchenjunga was built as a pure oil carrier with no ore capability. Under Greek management Mary R. Koch (callsign A8QU) was time-chartered to Exxon for three years from going into service. Subsequently she made spot voyages arranged by the oil-trading division of Koch Industries. Around 1980 Koch Shipping was created and Mary R.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Main Ore now?
- Main Ore has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Main Ore?
- Main Ore is a bulk carrier, built in 1975 by Uljanik. The vessel is 335 m long.
- Has Main Ore been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Main Ore appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).